On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 01:16:26PM +0100, Julian Wiedmann wrote: > On 08.11.19 13:00, Sasha Levin wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 08, 2019 at 12:50:24PM +0100, Julian Wiedmann wrote: > >> On 08.11.19 12:37, Sasha Levin wrote: > >>> From: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> > >>> [ Upstream commit f231dc9dbd789b0f98a15941e3cebedb4ad72ad5 ] > >>> > >>> Combined L3+L4 csum offload is only required for some L3 HW. So for > >>> L2 devices, don't offload the IP header csum calculation. > >>> > >> > >> NACK, this has no relevance for stable. > > > > Sure, I'll drop it. > > > > Do you have an idea why the centos and ubuntu folks might have > > backported this commit into their kernels? > > > > No clue, I trust they have their own reasons. > I cant see centos backporting anything unless they were asked to do so. And this really looks like a "bugfix" to me, why isn't this relevant for any older kernel versions? thanks, greg k-h
